We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can. Ethel Waters Next Quote We are all gifted. That is our inheritance. - Ethel Waters Previous Quote I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try. - Ethel Waters